# Alexander Pope — A Vindication of the Rights of Woman character guide

> Alexander Pope in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** For Pope, Pope

**First appearance:** 0005-iii

## Who they are

Poet whose lines on women are quoted and critiqued.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_vindication_of_the_rights_of_woman_se/chapters/ii)

Quoted for a line suggesting women are most attractive when on the brink of being hated.

### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_vindication_of_the_rights_of_woman_se/chapters/vi)

Quoted for his summary that 'every woman is at heart a rake,' which Wollstonecraft critiques.

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